The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-05-06
Abolishing Poverty.

If there is anything in Il name, says the
Philadelphia Times, the new society Establish
ed hy Henry George and DR.. Mctlynn on
Sunday evening in New York must he SAID 10
have adopted very taking one. The "Antl-
Poverty" society would soon number all hui
mainly in its membership. That the found
ers of the new society are very much in earn
est is evident by DIR. McGlynn's assertion that
the object of the society is not to diminish
poverty or to promise those who suffer from
ii surplus OF riches in the future world, out
:.to pluck out the very heart OF the hated
thing, not 10 codile it by plaster or ponitlce,
hut TO reach 10 tie basis which is the pelen-
NAL and fruitful parent of that h"llld poverty
resulting from the injustice of man in viola
ting the laws of God.
In other words. the new Ant-Povetty Soci-
ETY. proposes 10 tear poverty up by the roots
east it out of the society of humanity altoSeth-
er. The Object is grand one certainly; but
the average man OF experience in the battle Tor
The GOOD things Of this life will not be able to
repress an AMUSED smile as he contemplates
the size Of the jo!; the rev society has under
taken If Messrs. George and Mctiignn were
ANYTHING but the mereSt lheoriSts--bahies. so
TO sneak, in the science of compelling Mother
Earth TO Weld Up her Treasures TO the dwell
lers on the sntace--thry would be forced 10
laugh in private al tie extravaganza Of their
own undertaking. Tie srr4i mass Of man
kind from the creation until now has lived and
died in comparative roycr THAT is. by The
hardest work has only been able to secure the
plainest living. This is BOT true only OF en-
ceptional peoples and peculiar forms OF gov
eminent. buI the universal experience under
all forms Of government and all systems Of
land tenure. including that advocated by the
distinguished founders o. tie Anti Poverty So
cietv
If DR.. MyGlynn and Henry George Lad
been pioneers in the work Of clearing the yir-
gin forests Of this Country and wrestling from
unwilling nature the products and iruils that
sustain civilized life, they would have known
that poverty could not be abolished in this
world until an a!,aigl.y power had changed
Ill lflt most iGtitii
of nature and the character of humanity
When man was told that by The sweat of his
brow lie must earn his bread
and that brierS and thornS were to be the
natural products Of The earth. poverty became
inevitable. Until Dr.. M2aG;lynn and Henry
George can not only remove that ei,.sc, but
can make all men industrious, provident tenn
perate and wis4 iit:' above their present attain
ment Of wisdom. the great Hiass of men will
continue to be poor, in spite OF the preaching
of the one ana ;i!e writing and lectuIins OF
he other.
1t is only in the cluister or the sanctuM THAT
the idea that poverty could be removed by so
simple process as a change in land tenure
could have originated. DR.. Franklin, one Of
the wisest htsseileans that ever lived, gave the
world through his ioor Richard maxims the
only practical cure for overwhelmingly and
economy will bring wealth TO the individuals
who practice both virtues. But DR.. Franblin's
old-tasliioned methods Of driving the wolf
from the door are voted ant Of date and behind
the age by tie disciples Of the McGlynn-George
school. All the same, however. br. Franklin
was practical man and knew what he was
talking about, Willie George and McGlynn are
lreamelS and do not know whereof they
speak. The man who tries to Danish poverty
by Franklias methods will in most cases sue
iced. Those who expect SO TO do by joining
the Anti-Poverty Society Of George aud Ne
Glynn will follow an igns i.tuIs until It lands
them III the deepest possible depths Of that
whic, they would avoid.